Microsoft Azure Outages Felt Around the Globe

Disruptions to cloud services, websites, and virtual machines on the cloud application platform are being fixed, Redmond says.

Microsoft Azure customers around the globe were on Monday experiencing interruptions to core services provided by the cloud application platform, including various cloud services and website hosting, as well as backup and site recovery.

Redmond described the outages as affecting "a small subset of customers" who starting at around 2 p.m. Eastern began "experiencing connectivity issues to some Azure services which may include Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Websites, Automation, Service Bus, Backup, Site Recovery, HDInsight, Mobile Services, StorSimple, and possible other Azure Services in multiple regions."

As of 7:30 p.m., Microsoft said on its Azure status page, above, that "many regions" were beginning to "experience service restoration. But the Europe North service regions still had a "warning" symbol checked next to several Azure services, including Cloud Services, Websites, HDInsight, Mobile Services, Service Bus, Site Recovery, and StorSimple.

Earlier in the day, ZDNet reported that Virtual Machines and other Azure services were disrupted in many more regions around the globe, including several areas of the United States.

The tech site noted that Microsoft's Visual Studio Online also had a widespread service outage just a few days ago. Parts of Japan recently experienced Azure service disruption and on Aug. 15, the cloud platform suffered "management portal log-in problems and performance degradation in multiple Azure regions," according to ZDNet.

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